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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nismok" data-source="post: 6547081" data-attributes="member: 109094">General Sarath Fonseka is seeking asylum overseas including  Australia. However Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says his  country has still not got an official request.        In an interview with The Australian at his home in Colombo, the former  Sri Lankan army chief turned presidential challenger said he had spoken  to the US and British embassies in Sri Lanka and was also planning to  speak to the Australian high commissioner about the possibility of  temporary asylum.        But the man credited with winning the war against the rebel Tamil  Tigers last May - along with his former commander-in-chief, President  Mahinda Rajapakse, revealed he was being prevented from leaving the  country, the Australian reported.        According to ABC news Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith says there  has been no official request as yet.      "No such approach has been made," he said.        "I think it is very important that General Fonseka be provided with two  things - that he be provided with freedom of movement and he be  provided with security, personal security in the circumstances that he  is in."</blockquote>

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